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Cambridge Five Spy Ring — Part 13
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lales in Eastern Europe abe
nder. severe “handicaps, but’
“strange .that they w
ot inform of thet departu
fthetwomen 0 oe. 3
4”. The: fatiure to alert the
suletes in astern Europe is. the
more Temarkable in the light of |
paragraph 23 which states: “In
“view of the. suspicions "held
: _ , Bgainst Maclean and of the Cone
woe ‘ .° “splratorig]l manner of his flight,”
it was assumed, though it could “
not be proved, that -his destina- :
tion and that. of ‘his companion ...
must have’ been the. Soviet :
‘OF Some other territory’ ‘behind *
{ . ; -ythe Iron Surtain... ate
“~ » Gossip, :
hatitlod .
True enough. why not then”
inform our Enybassies and Con:
sulates which lie'behind iL?
In the foregoing I have care
“fully confined my” remarks to
“| Matters which arise directly from “
vive. § the White Paper. There are‘
Lon 2 7: | other matters ed which ta and .
Even if his subsequent interro. @ Many others, have sure know.
: ian had not yielded sufficient ledge - which could easly Be
‘results to procure w conviction raised. “ang probably. will. fe
for espionage there would have raised. allie a
~ been & suf{ciently strong prima =. There jis a further mass $f |
a {acte case of disloyalty “against “ matter based on gossip and sigs:
ebim tO warrang ‘hig dismissal -. mise: which. is-discussed by hup-"}
< from’ the ice and & refusal ; dreds of people but the publica-i/
. thereafter to furmish him’ with a tion of which might possibly be
' Passport, Loe ie coos to We paen dewriment and to
"A counter fonage system the injury af innocent indiv *
t which openly” admits, thai ie | duals. ‘These may mone the less |
p Cannot search an occupied house _ be Facli Liye
; and has not the wit tc play a”
\ trick of this kind upon a Bus." s! . :
pected spy has surely forfeited : ye
| Lhe confidence of Parlament and a : rr ms
Pot the publi, coe! Be Such possibilities! would never >
Any one cah make a mistake, J nave arisen-\f successive Goyern-
‘Or '& series of mistakes. But ta | ments had hot, ‘from vain and
* Plead such Ineptitude in defence, foolish motives. deHberately mise‘
. as the Foreign Office, presumably led both Parilament and the
~ on the advice of M75 does, igan nation. The longer this process.
Faftront to- the. intelligence of. is continued the bigger the price™
, 1 - dn forfeiture of public esteem
Paragraph -1¥ states Tmmedi. that both the Government and
ly the fight was known all the Porelgn Office ‘will harerte™
ible action wag taken in the | pay. : a eee 4
ted Kingdom... All British urely it'is time” to tell the’
truth. the hole truth as
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Where alerted.” why only Western _ nothing but the truth.
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